Google has released its latest update to the distribution numbers for each version of Android. In the latest round, Lollipop continues to gain ground, while the latest version, Marshmallow, jumped a little over one percentage point. Lollipop now sits at 36.1 percent, up from the to 34.1 percent in February, while Marshmallow has made the jump to 2.3 percent from 1.2 percent.
KitKat is no longer the version of Android with the single largest install base. It is down to 34.3 percent, compared to the 35.5 percent in February. Jelly Bean also saw a drop to 22.3 percent from 24.7 percent, Ice Cream Sandwich is down slightly to 2.3 percent and Gingerbread comes in at 2.6 percent. Finally, Froyo, Android 2.2, is now only installed on 0.1 percent of all Android devices.
Source: Google
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Lollipop is now the most-used version of Android, Marshmallow up to 2.3 percent
Yeah, it's still 60%+ users on pre-Lollipop releases. That is *nothing* to be proud about. It's pathetic really.
And in other news the sun will come out tomorrow
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Just received Marshmallow here on my Samsung Galaxy S6 here in the UK on the Three network
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In my house, 3 devices are on Marshmallow, 3 are on Lollipop and one is on ICS.
If you count the housekeeper, that would be +1 for Lollipop and +1 for KitKat.
One device on Marshmallow technically shouldn't get it, but it runs 6.0.1 when its manufacturer stopped updating it at 4.3. (Galaxy S3 i9300)
Pitiful.
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I wish there would have been an update for the first Note 10.1. I don't use it barely at all because of this.
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I'm amazed there are still people out there using Gingerbread. ICS was introduced in 2011, and a lot of major phones were either released with ICS, or were updated to ICS at some point in their life cycle.
Dat Gingerbread doe..
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Just kill Froyo already
To me this is one of the downsides of android
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The problem is that the Nexus devices are not available in a lot of places, they are mainly in the US.
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Got marshmallow and loving it
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Froyo is still the best!
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Thanks, LG. :(
The draw of Android is choice. But the main drawback is that the vast majority of devices will stop receiving even security updates after a year. This data just confirms how awful it really is, how awful it has been and how awful it will continue to be. We shouldn't have to rely on 3rd parties like Cyanogen to provide the updates. And, frankly, doing that, allows the device manufacturers and carriers to get away with this negligence. I will never buy a non-nexus Android phone again.
Same here. Even Motorola is not as good as it used to be for device updates.
I will always have a Nexus phone as well! Consumers literally get taken advantage of by shelling out top-dollar for the Android flagship phones that probably won't be supported in a couple of years (at least not timely). On the flip-side, my nearly-2.5 yr/old Nexus 5 runs Marshmallow and has all of the latest Android security fixes and features (and runs beautifully performance-wise to boot!).
Too bad all the Nexus devices are either crappy (5X) or too large (6P). Between Nexus, iPhone and Windows Phone I'd go with a Lumia 950. Thankfully there are other good Android phones available, I'll survive waiting a few months for the latest Android updates (which really doesn't provide much new features, most OEMs have already built the same functionality in their ROMs, before it's included in Android).
If it weren't for the lack of apps including my Google services, bank apps, etc and instability issues I'll gladly go to Windows Phone. The UI of Windows 10 is absolutely beautiful. The ability to remove the ones battery and insert a SD card slot is another awesome benefit.
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Tg
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Interesting, fragmentation on the decline? 72.7% of android devices running the Host Card Emulation compatible Android 4.4 or later, which is good news for mobile payments!
Are these numbers phones and tablets? I have an old tablet my daughter uses that is on jellybean and as l9ng as it works she will probably use it.
Just like me, i want to upgrade my software on my.... LG Optimus G pro
"Phone not Registered"
Alot of us want to, but we can't...
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How come Gingerbread have more users than Marshmallow?? It was released 5 years ago!
For quite a few years prepaid carriers where shipping old budget phones that still had Gingerbread on it, all through the Jelly Bean and Kit Kat days
Took a long time for decent budget phones to become the norm.
I guess you just answered your own question didn't you?
Those couple of people still using Froyo...
Those "couple" of people probably are around 1.4 million...still quite a few devices on Froyo
Froyoyolo.
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By the time Marshmallow becomes the most used Android platform, we will have Android P out by then...
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I think maybe letters and numbers aren't your strong suit. At the current rate, we'll be on N or at the very worst, O
He might be right. Look at all the poor slobs still on JB.
At the very most..... Almost the majority of users are still on Android K, Android L is barely just 1 or 2% above. So yes, in fact letters are actually my strong suits or whatever u call it.
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